Nonprofit versus corporate governance: An economic approach

Nonprofit Management and Leadership

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 295-320

  Speckbacher, Gerhard ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMICS AND BUSINESS   (Austria)

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EID: 60749089061     PISSN: 10486682     EISSN: 15427854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nml.187     Document Type: Article

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